Adult Ed

Adult Education Digital Photography 1

0.5 Credits
18 weeks
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Projects allow students to demonstrate competence and understanding of concepts and skills by completing a career-related task. For example, the assignment might be to create a mural, a package design, a speech, a film review, or a movie set – you name it! These creative projects are about applying your learning acquired through in-depth research to real-world career tasks.

Each competency will be addressed through a project based on a real-life career task. Here are the careers you will explore: Art Director, Landscape Photographer, Product Photographer, and Documentary Photographer.

During this course, you will learn career-related skills and earn a badge for this accomplishment. A badge is a digital certification of your career-related learning that you can share on social media or with higher education platforms, colleges, potential employers, peers, and colleagues.

 

Projects

Art Director

Students will demonstrate an understanding of portrait photography by explaining the use of the exposure triangle, analyzing composition in portrait photography and creating portrait photos that depict emotion.

Real Estate Agent

You will take on the role of a real estate agent, tasked with creating a portfolio of photos of land that could potentially be for sale.

Advertising Manager

You will take on the role of an advertising manager, tasked with taking photos of various products to persuade consumers to buy your products.

Newspaper Editor

You will take on the role of a journalist for a local newspaper, tasked with creating a series of documentary photographs that visually tells the story of your town.

Competencies

Portrait Photography

Students will demonstrate an understanding of portrait photography by explaining the use of the exposure triangle, analyzing composition in portrait photography and creating portrait photos that depict emotion.

Landscape Photography

Students will demonstrate an understanding of landscape photography by explaining the use of natural light, analyzing composition in landscape photography, and creating landscape photographs that depict a mood.

Product Photography

Students will demonstrate an understanding of product photography by explaining the use of artificial light, analyzing composition in product photography and creating product photographs designed to entice consumers.

Documentary Photography

Students will demonstrate an understanding of documentary photography by explaining storytelling through photography, evaluating composition in documentary photographs, and creating documentary photographs.